. Barbados-Antigua expedition; narrative and preliminary report of a zoological expedition from theUniversity of Iowa to the Lesser Antilles under the auspices of the Graduate College . 1. Trafalgar Square, Bridgetown (See page 144) . A street srene (See ]iage 145) 3. Residence of United States Consul Livingston (See page 140) PLATE XXVI. 1. United States Consul, C. L. Livinsston, and his sons, Barl>ados, (Sec ]i 2. Old guns on parade ground o. The Savannah Club, Bridgetown (See page 141) Mo; BARBADOS-ANTIGUA EXPEDITION 109 ^phiurians matching it so exactly in color. It probably belongsto

. Barbados-Antigua expedition; narrative and preliminary report of a zoological expedition from theUniversity of Iowa to the Lesser Antilles under the auspices of the Graduate College . 1. Trafalgar Square, Bridgetown (See page 144) _. A street srene (See ]iage 145) 3. Residence of United States Consul Livingston (See page 140) PLATE XXVI. 1. United States Consul, C. L. Livinsston, and his sons, Barl>ados, (Sec ]i 2. Old guns on parade ground o. The Savannah Club, Bridgetown (See page 141) Mo; BARBADOS-ANTIGUA EXPEDITION 109 ^phiurians matching it so exactly in color. It probably belongsto Stock Photo
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. Barbados-Antigua expedition; narrative and preliminary report of a zoological expedition from theUniversity of Iowa to the Lesser Antilles under the auspices of the Graduate College . 1. Trafalgar Square, Bridgetown (See page 144) _. A street srene (See ]iage 145) 3. Residence of United States Consul Livingston (See page 140) PLATE XXVI. 1. United States Consul, C. L. Livinsston, and his sons, Barl>ados, (Sec ]i 2. Old guns on parade ground o. The Savannah Club, Bridgetown (See page 141) Mo; BARBADOS-ANTIGUA EXPEDITION 109 ^phiurians matching it so exactly in color. It probably belongsto the genus Gorgonella. The colony is flabellate in form withthe branches occasionally anastomosing, and some specimens at-tain a height of about eighteen inches. It was the commonestgorgonian found in our dredging, being secured at various sta-tions. It is also the most beautiful alcyonarian secured by us, being a brilliant coral red with light yellow calyces that appearalmost white against the red background. The calyces areusually biserially arranged, alternating along the antero-lateraledges of the branches, their walls being formed largely of rowsof perpendicular spicules which also encrust the dorsal sur-faces of the infolded tentacles. The cortex spicules of the stemand branches are bright red and in the form of girdled spindle